Comments on: RIP to the wonderful, transcendent Carla Fracci

By: Irene

Irene — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:08:57 +0000

Just wanted to add, Neo, after watching a second and third time, what a welcome breath of fresh air after all the current news. Such beauty!

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

By: Molly+Brown

Molly+Brown — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 07:04:50 +0000

Thank you , thank you, thank you, Neo. Couldn’t stop watching.
THIS is why you send your daughters to ballet class!

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:19:40 +0000

Yikes, Waltz of the Flowers …

By: neo

neo — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:20:46 +0000

Jeanne:

You’re correct about Fonteyn’s feet.

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:08:51 +0000

I remember reading about Carla Fracci in Dance Magazine and studying her pictures many years ago growing up in Alaska. Believe it or not, we had quite a good ballet instructor who had danced with the San Francisco Ballet. I never saw Fracci dance but sensed her delicacy and her exquisite carriage and arms.

Thank you, Neo.

I have never seen a Dance of the Flowers soloist to equal this one.

I did see Margot Fonteyn perform with Nureyev several times. Perhaps I’m wrong but she too seemed to lack highly arched feet. Maybe when your body is not ideal, you imbue your dancing with a note of humility that brings more depth to the performance.

By: Irene

Irene — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 22:16:10 +0000

A wonderful homage for a lovely, lovely dancer. Just delightful to watch. Thanks Neo!

By: Minta Marie Morze

Minta Marie Morze — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 06:06:05 +0000

Thank you, Neo.

Well worth the time.

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 19:33:01 +0000

Apparently you need a big bearskin, a sporran, a skean dhu, and bagpipes to carry off a kilt.

OTOH, the guy does have the bone structure…..

Sorry not to comment on the dance. I have no creds whatsoever in the area.